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Do you always lap your scope rings?
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<blockquote data-quote="ntsqd" data-source="post: 1731447" data-attributes="member: 93138"><p>Having honed and lapped many parts and many fits outside of firearms over the last ~40 years I have some experience reading the marks left by the process. Those marks told me that the rings were not round, but that the alignment to the action was reasonably close. Not perfect, but close. That is how I know, past experience with similar situations.</p><p>I have also lapped a one piece scope base to fit a Savage action. I did this by making a lapping bar in my lathe, and then lapping the base to it. Lap, check fit, lap, check fit. It was a simple but laborious process, but the fit of the ring lapping bar told me that the rings weren't the problem then.</p><p></p><p>I think it's laughable how many advise against it when they don't know anything beyond what the mfg tells them. Which may or may not be correct and is more likely how their marketing wants the optics of their parts to appear and their returns dept. being tired of dealing with rings that were lapped by someone with no clue. If you don't wish to do it then don't, but don't belittle those who do and can do it properly. Lapping isn't rocket surgery and it is a method to achieve a better fit, but it also isn't something that everyone should be doing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ntsqd, post: 1731447, member: 93138"] Having honed and lapped many parts and many fits outside of firearms over the last ~40 years I have some experience reading the marks left by the process. Those marks told me that the rings were not round, but that the alignment to the action was reasonably close. Not perfect, but close. That is how I know, past experience with similar situations. I have also lapped a one piece scope base to fit a Savage action. I did this by making a lapping bar in my lathe, and then lapping the base to it. Lap, check fit, lap, check fit. It was a simple but laborious process, but the fit of the ring lapping bar told me that the rings weren't the problem then. I think it's laughable how many advise against it when they don't know anything beyond what the mfg tells them. Which may or may not be correct and is more likely how their marketing wants the optics of their parts to appear and their returns dept. being tired of dealing with rings that were lapped by someone with no clue. If you don't wish to do it then don't, but don't belittle those who do and can do it properly. Lapping isn't rocket surgery and it is a method to achieve a better fit, but it also isn't something that everyone should be doing. [/QUOTE]
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